About Aurum

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What we do

Aurum is a hedge fund investment specialist focused solely on selecting hedge funds and managing fund of hedge fund portfolios. Our portfolios are designed to grow and protect our clients’ capital, while providing consistent and diversified returns.

We have delivered results to clients with five clear investment needs.

Real inflation adjusted returns

Low volatility of returns

Capital protection during turbulent markets

Low correlation to equities and bonds

High consistency of positive performance

Investing our clients’ capital alongside our own since 1994 across multiple market cycles. Aurum has always remained independent and this ensures that we remain free to invest in accordance with our conviction, and every decision we make is made in the best interest of our clients. We understand the difficulties markets can present investors with and the negative impact of downside volatility on long-term returns.

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Aurum’s quarterly review – Q1 2024

22/04/2024

Performance for Aurum’s commingled fund of hedge funds $US classes ranged from +1.5% to +3.8% in the first quarter of 2024. Multi-strategy and systematic…

Hedge fund industry performance deep dive – Q1 2024

18/04/2024

In summary… Hedge funds ended Q1 2024 up 4.9%, outperforming bonds, -2.1%, but behind equities, +7.3% Quant was the strongest performing master strategy…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – March 2024

17/04/2024

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in March; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was 2.06%. For a second…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – February 2024

20/03/2024

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in February; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was 1.80%. All hedge…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – January 2024

26/02/2024

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in January; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was 0.99%. All hedge fund…

Hedge fund industry performance deep dive – Full year 2023

05/02/2024

In summary… A resurgence in risk assets provided a significant tailwind to more long-biased and/or historically higher beta strategies, which were among…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – December 2023

23/01/2024

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in December; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was 1.64%. All hedge…

Spotlight on funds of hedge funds: why investors use them

08/01/2024

In summary In the latest instalment of our hedge funds basics series, we look at: What are funds of hedge funds? Why do some investors choose to access…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – November 2023

19/12/2023

Hedge fund performance was generally positive in November; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was 1.73%. Most hedge…

Macro hedge fund primer: uncovering the unconstrained

27/11/2023

Global macro   |   Fixed income relative value   |   Macro emerging markets   |   CommoditiesIn summary Macro funds typically take positions…

Monthly hedge fund industry performance review – October 2023

22/11/2023

Hedge fund performance was moderately negative in October; the average asset weighted hedge fund net return across all strategies was -0.34%. Most hedge…

Hedge fund industry performance deep dive – Q3 2023

31/10/2023

In summary… Five-year CAR for hedge funds was at 4.9% at the end of Q3, above bonds at -1.7% and just above equities at 4.1%. Global equities*** and…

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